Dr Malcolm Alexander graduated from Edinburgh University in 1980 with the single thought of becoming a General Practitioner in a rural setting and nothing more. Life had other plans and in time he became Clinical Director and then Medical Director for Orkney Health Board, before working as Director of Strategy for the Scottish Executive Remote and Rural Initiative. He finished his career working for 11 years as Associate Medical Director for the Scottish National Telephone Triage service, NHS 24, before finally returning to face to face practice as a locum in his local GP practice on one of the Scottish islands. His medical interests are widespread and include training in homeopathy, medical hypnosis, pre-hospital care as well as his expertise in clinical algorithm and computer systems development, a field where words and their use is critical to success. During his time in Orkney he also trained as a Reader in the Church of Scotland and lead worship in several congregations across the islands. He has always been deeply interested in people and in the relationship between their whole well-being and the physical illnesses. An acute observer of people and places he blends all his training and experience together when working as a GP.
When not actively being a doctor he likes to try out many creative and outdoor pursuits. He is an able singer, knitter, fisherman and spends a lot of time ripping out and repairing his old Victorian home where he lives with his wife and eight children, six of his own and his nephew and niece.
